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A motorcyclist died in a crash on U.S. Highway 85 and 124th Avenue on Saturday, Aug. 12.

Police did not immediately identify the motorcyclist, pending notification of his family. He was stopped at a red light at the intersection when a Chevy Suburban ran into the motorcycle, according to a press release from the Brighton Police Department. Police arrested Brian Charles White, 33, of Castle Rock, on suspicion of vehicular homicide.

A judge sentenced a Brighton man to 35 years in prison Monday, Aug. 14, for attempted first-degree murder of his wife.

Brighton police found Bridget Dyson, 50, laying in a pool of blood between two vehicles in the parking lot of Sterling Park Apartments, 4242 E. Bromley Lane, where she lived, in an incident in December 2016.

A Brighton resident died during a crash on Bromley Lane near the Adams County Judicial Center around 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9.

Mark Marshal, 56, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses saw Marshal’s 2009 Chevrolet HHR moving erratically as it drove eastbound on Bromley Lane before it crashed into a black Nissan Murano, police said in a press statement. The Murano was stopped at a red light on Judicial Center Drive.

A new neighborhood of 370 homes is planned for Prairie Center near Eagle Boulevard and 27thAvenue.

City council members recently approved the neighborhood, which has been planned by THF Prairie Center Development Group in Denver.THF also is building the Elements at Prairie Center apartment project to the south of the proposed new neighborhood, which is expected to be built as four new “villages”.

“This is a milestone in beginning to see the vision we planned,” said Thomas Kopf, partner at DTJ Design, which is helping with the project.

An 18-year-old who threatened others at Prairie View High School in February pleaded guilty Friday, Aug. 4, to two misdemeanor charges, the 17th Judicial District Attorney's office said in a press statement.

Parking woes seem to be a constant complaint for residents and business owners in downtown Brighton.

Now, Brighton’s Urban Renewal Authority plans to help fund $77,450 for a new parking management plan to examine an area bounded by Denver Street to the north, Bromley Lane to the south, Miller Avenue to the west and Fifth Avenue to the east.

Brighton Urban Renewal Authority plans to demolish the former Peerless Tires and U-Pump-It businesses in the 800 block of South Main Street starting Aug. 21. The two-week operation should run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day

Big Choice Brewery opened its doors to the public Saturday, Aug. 12, at 21 S. First Ave.

The 5,327-square-foot former Buddhist temple, lovingly referred to as the “temple of boom” by its new occupants, brings life back to the reborn building after more than 10 years.

“It looks different, but it feels the same,” said Naomi Tashiro, the granddaughter of a man who helped to build the temple. “It wasn’t just a place to worship, it was a gathering place for everyone in the Japanese community.”